very useful, thanks Marco<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM, M. Fioretti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mfioretti@nexaima.net">mfioretti@nexaima.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 14:13:24 PM +0700, Michel Bauwens (<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>) wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/19/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/19/</a><br>
> AR2011011906191.html?sid=ST2010121305002<br>
><br>
> any comments from our italian friends?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist governor, becomes the unlikely rival to<br>
> Italy's Berlusconi<br>
<br>
Hi Michel,<br>
<br>
you caught me in the act of adding the following comment to that WP article:<br>
<br>
� �Vendola can be very pragmatic and take decisions very similar to<br>
� �those of the Berlusconi Cabinet when he sees the need for it, see<br>
� �my article about his deal with Microsoft:<br>
<br>
� �<a href="http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/11/italian-left-leader-signs-berlusconi-like-deal-with-microsoft/" target="_blank">http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/11/italian-left-leader-signs-berlusconi-like-deal-with-microsoft/</a><br>
<br>
� �and the follow-ups tagged with "Vendola" to that story on the same<br>
� �blog<br>
<br>
Personally, what disturbs me in that story is the _method_ and<br>
_attitude_ (because he may do it other times as he did this<br>
one). Unlike others I do find funny, so to speak, that he signed a<br>
deal with Microsoft, but I am NOT scandalized by it. (successful)<br>
politics also needs pragmatism and balance. No problem about that. But<br>
I really don't like the fact that, in that case, Vendola basically<br>
didn't answer critics: he just completely changed topic. To see what I<br>
mean, just read the "Don�t change the subject, please!" part of<br>
<a href="http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/12/how-should-we-manage-the-vendola-puglia-microsoft-deal/" target="_blank">http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/12/how-should-we-manage-the-vendola-puglia-microsoft-deal/</a><br>
<br>
(also explained in <a href="http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/11/nichi-vendola-explains-but-does-he-his-berlusconi-like-deal-with-microsoft/" target="_blank">http://stop.zona-m.net/2010/11/nichi-vendola-explains-but-does-he-his-berlusconi-like-deal-with-microsoft/</a> )<br>
<br>
More in general... my absolutely personal feeling right now, without<br>
any rigorous analysis to back it up, is that how much success he'll<br>
have on a national scale depends on how many votes he'll attract from<br>
the many Italians who stopped going to vote years ago<br>
<br>
Marco<br>
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